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10:15 PM ET, July 8, 2014

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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Journalists Accuse White House Of Politically Driven Suppression of News  —  Point to public information office controls of interviews, access  —  Over three dozen journalist organizations including the Radio Television Digital News Association, National Press Foundation …
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
N.Y.T. editor Dean Baquet's first digital initiative: adding editors  —  The New York Times is adding deputy-level editors assigned to increase the volume and quality of its digital product.  They'll sit in each of the paper's major editorial departments, executive editor Dean Baquet announced in a staff memo obtained by Capital.
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Gerard Baker, Wall Street Journal managing editor and Dow Jones editor-in-chief  —  CAPITAL: The Journal turns 125 today.  Are you doing anything special to celebrate?  —  BAKER: We've come a long way since July 8th 1889, when the original Wall Street Journal …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and FishbowlNY
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
How The Wall Street Journal is celebrating its 125th anniversary while also looking ahead
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Guardian U.S. to open West Coast office  —  The Guardian U.S. is planning an expansion of its editorial team that will include the addition a West Coast office, it announced Tuesday.  —  The announcement comes in the wake of a banner year for The Guardian's stateside outfit …
Discussion: @attackerman and @ggreenwald
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Megha Rajagopalan / Reuters:
China tightens state secrets rules for journalists  —  (Reuters) - China will toughen curbs on journalists disclosing state and commercial secrets, a top media regulator said on Tuesday, in the latest effort by President Xi Jinping's government to muzzle critical speech, both in traditional media and online.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon offers some Hachette authors 100% of ebook sales while dispute is ongoing  —  Amazon Angles to Attract Hachette's Authors  —  The confrontation between Amazon and Hachette is growing louder and meaner, as the combatants drop all pretense that this is a reasonable dispute among reasonable people.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Seeking Alpha doesn't have to reveal the identity of a user who slammed a stock  —  Seeking Alpha is a site for people to write up and share their investing ideas — “a platform for investment research, with broad coverage of stocks, asset classes, ETFs and investment strategy.”
Nick Massella / FishbowlDC:
Atlantic Media Launches ‘State & Local’  —  Atlantic Media today launched its expansion from federal government current events coverage for Government Executive to city, county, and state government news and analysis.  The new line of focus will include coverage of technology, health care …
Discussion: MediaWire Daily
Jessica King / CNN:
Reporter's harrowing ordeal as hostage set to become movie  —  (CNN) — For 460 days, they held her captive.  They beat her, sexually assaulted her, kept her locked in a pitch-black room with chains around her ankles.  —  And yet, Amanda Lindhout says she forgives her abductors.
Discussion: Poynter
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Q&A with CNN's social news editor Samantha Barry on engagement, clickbait, and more  —  CNN's social news editor: Engagment doesn't have to mean clickbait  —  CNN recently named Samantha Barry as its new head of social news.  Starting in September, the Irish-born Barry will be in charge …
Discussion: @digiday and @okfleming
Tom Krazit / Gigaom:
Why you can no longer expect that the news will find you  —  One of the more frustrating things about turning into a cranky old editor (although to be honest I was That Guy when I was 25) has been watching a generation of young people embrace the notion that they don't have to be savvy news consumers …
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Alexis Madrigal Named Deputy Editor of The Atlantic Website  —  Alexis Madrigal will be the new deputy editor of the TheAtlantic.com, the magazine announced today.  Mr. Madrigal has been with the magazine since 2010, most recently in the position of senior editor overseeing the technology channel.
Michael Malone / Multichannel News:
Gannett Closes on London Broadcasting Acquisition  —  Completes Acquisition of Six Texas Stations for $215 Million  —  Gannett has completed its acquisition of six Texas-based London Broadcasting stations for $215 million.  The stations are KCEN Waco-Temple-Bryan, KYTX Tyler-Longview …
Discussion: TVNewsCheck.com
 
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen's Mobile Ratings Are Coming — But You Probably Won't Notice Right Away
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers and The Wrap
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Israel Accused Of ‘Deliberately Targeting’ Journalists By Press Freedom Group
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Texas Monthly promotes Brian Sweany to Editor-in-Chief
Discussion: @hadas_gold
SA Mathieson / Online Journalism Blog:
Making digital journalism pay: doable. Making a living: difficult
 Earlier Picks: 
AFP:
Iranian journalist Marzieh Rasouli sentenced to 2 years in prison and 50 lashes for anti-establishment propaganda
Discussion: @marzie_r, New York Times and euronews
Harley Brown / Billboard:
Microsoft Opens Xbox Music to App Makers
Discussion: MSDN Blogs, hypebot and Music Week
Taylor Swift / Wall Street Journal:
Piracy and streaming shrank album sales, but music retains value and fan relationships matter